Meu Age ee, 
24 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 
botanical gardens and other institutions. Up to the pre- 
paration of the Eighth Report,* this material was classed 
z as having been received in exchange for Garden plants and 
seeds, the value of which, during a few years, considerably 
exceeded that of the receipts.t In point of fact, however, 
its value of late has been much in excess of the value of 
the plants and seeds which the Garden has distributed to 
its correspondents, and, as it has come, in large part, from 
: botanical gardens which publish nothing excepting a small 
: seed catalogue, from which they invite their correspondents 
to make selections, it may properly be regarded as replac- 
ing herbarium or printed exchange equivalents. In 1897,{ 
the appraised value of presented plant and seed accessions 
was $1,204.29, and of similar material given out, $220.00, 
leaving $984.29 which may properly be added to the her- 
barium and library additions received in exchange for 
Garden publications. In 1898,§ the corresponding material 
shows: accessions, $1,317.68, distributions, $111.80, leav- 
ing a balance of $1,205.88 applicable in the same way. 
For these two years, therefore, it may be said that the 
average return for the Garden publications is properly 
$2,468.72 per year. These results are especially gratify- 
ing because, while avoiding waste, the intention has always 
been to secure the distribution of the Garden Reports to 
permanent botanical libraries where they are likely to be 
of use, regardless of the receipt of any equivalent. || 
In 1893, the Board authorized the preparation of a 
small handbook, which might be placed on sale at the gate, 
at the approximate cost of publication, namely, twenty-five 
cents per copy. Eight copies of this handbook were given 
away and 192 sold, in 1898, making a total of 200 copies 
for the year, up to the end of which 2,362 copies had been 
disposed of, or an average of 393 for each of the six years 
1893-98 inclusive. 
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* Rept. 8:17. § Rept. 10:16. 
t Rept.4312. 5312. | Rept. 8: 24. 
t Rept. 9:12. 7 Rept.5:17. 8:25. 
